Inverness

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Inverness

Total population

47,060

Coordinates57.48°, -4.23°

Demographic figures from UK Office for National Statistics. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Inverness is a city in the Scottish Highlands. It is the administrative centre for The Highland Council and is regarded as the capital of the Highlands.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

James Baillie Fraser

Scottish travel writer and artist (1783–1856)

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Hector Shand

Scottish footballer (1879-1942)

Henry MacDonald

Scottish military officer (1823–1893); recipient of the Victoria Cross

Simon Fraser, 14th Lord Lovat

(1877-1933) British Army general

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Ian Mackintosh

writer

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James Alexander Forbes

British diplomat (1805–1881)

James Alexander Grant

Canadian politician (1831–1920)

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James Gordon

merchant and political figure in Upper Canada and Canada West

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James Makittrick Adair

British army officer, tax collector, surgeon, physician and slavery anti-aboltionist pamphleteer associated with Antigua (1728-1802)

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James Watson

footballer

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Jamie Duff

Scottish footballer (born 1989)

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Jessie Kesson

British writer (1916–1994)

John Barr

Scottish shinty player

John Cameron

British Army officer, born 1773

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John Doyle

British stage director for musicals and plays, as well as operas

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John Fraser

academic and Celticist from Scotland (1882–1945)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Scotland

• Belmaduthy
  6.8 mi away
• Balvraid
  10.8 mi away
• Dalmore
  14.5 mi away
• Achnagarron
  15.5 mi away
• Mossfield
  15.8 mi away
• Camerory
  23.6 mi away
• Dulnain Bridge
  24.1 mi away · pop. 129
• Baillieward
  24.1 mi away
• Lynmacgregor
  24.6 mi away
• Upper Craggan
  24.8 mi away
• Upper Gaich
  24.8 mi away
• Findhorn Ecovillage
  26.4 mi away

Browse all places in Scotland →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Inverness

Records of Inverness

Inverness (Scotland). · 1911

Inverness

Inverness Scotland · 1982

Inverness Kirk-session records, 1661-1880

Inverness (Scotland) · 1902

Inverness (Scotland) - Wink Travel Guide

Wink Travel Wink Travel Guide · 2019

The Highlander

Scottish Newspapers Microfilming Unit · 1873

Energy for rural and island communities

John Twidell · 1981

Noble, royal and imperial ancestry of David Stewart of Inverness, Scotland and the first Stewart King of Scots, Robert II

Ronald L. Stewart · 2009

Energy for Rural and Island Communities, IV

John Twidell · 1986

Search results from Open Library.

Official Identifiers